Toolcraft AG is adding a new metal additive manufacturing system, the Farsoon FS722, to its production. The company says the machine expands its capacity for larger metal components and series production. The move responds to a positive order development and to customers asking for bigger part dimensions and higher build volumes. The FS722 uses laser powder bed fusion, in which metal powder is melted layer by layer with a laser. The report does not give the investment amount or the delivery date.
US manufacturer Precision Resource is opening two additional additive manufacturing facilities in Huntington Beach, California, and Shelton, Connecticut, equipped with 3D Systems machines. The company plans to add new printing systems, in-house heat treatment and more precision machining capacity at the sites. The stated aim is a more integrated route from the printed part to the finished component for commercial and defence customers. Both sites are expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2027. The reports give no figures on system counts or investment volume.
Instruct3D is positioning its AdditiveOS platform as a link between quality assurance and process development in metal 3D printing. The company presented the approach after the ICAM 2026 conference in Orlando. According to the report, AdditiveOS is designed to take measurement data from ongoing build jobs, compare it with physical models, and make the results available for later print jobs. The report is brief and does not give further details on the platform's capabilities, customers or availability. The approach targets process consistency in metal additive manufacturing.
US defence technology company Kratos has purchased a metal 3D printer of the AMCM M 8K type. The machine is to be installed at its facility in Odon, Indiana. The company plans to expand its capacity for large metal components, particularly for development and test programmes in hypersonic technology. The report describes the AMCM machine as a large-format system, but the source excerpt is cut off before giving further technical specifications such as build volume or process details.
Phase3D has launched the next generation of its Fringe Inspection series, a hardware system built specifically for inspecting parts made by laser powder bed fusion. According to the announcement, the product was developed over several years. Laser powder bed fusion is a metal additive manufacturing process in which a laser melts successive layers of powder, so in-process inspection tools are of direct interest to quality engineers and production managers. The source material gives no further technical specifications, pricing or availability dates, so details on capabilities and deployment should be sought from the manufacturer.
Solukon has presented the SFM-AT850, a depowdering system aimed at large metal parts produced by additive manufacturing. The company positions the machine as a response to growing demand for large-format metal printing, where removing residual powder from complex parts is a bottleneck. According to the report, the system offers a clear increase in capacity compared with existing solutions. The source material does not give throughput figures, dimensions or pricing, so these details remain unconfirmed. Depowdering is a post-processing step that matters for production planning, because it sets how quickly large builds can be released from the build chamber and cleaned for the next stage.
A Finnish university has started work on multi-material metal additive manufacturing, with a recoater-based process under study. The effort is funded through the EUREKA Network and its AM4Plasma project. The project's stated aim is to develop next-generation plasma generator hardware. The reports do not give details on the machine design, materials, timeline or budget. The work is at an early research stage, and its outcome for industrial users remains open.